Doubt: a History The Great Doubters and Their Legacy of Innovation from Socrates and Jesus to Thomas Jefferson and Emily Dickinson

Name: Doubt: a History The Great Doubters and Their Legacy of Innovation from Socrates and Jesus to Thomas Jefferson and Emily Dickinson
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ISBN: 9780060097950

ISBN-10: 0060097957

ISBN-13: 9780060097950

Edition: 2004

Authors: Jennifer Hecht

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List price: $17.99
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 9/7/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 576
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.44" tall
Weight: 1.342
Language: English



Introduction: Doubt Is No Shadow: A Quiz and a Guide to the Question



Whatever Happened to Zeus and Hera?, 600 BCE-1 CE: Greek Doubt



Smacking the Temple, 600 BEC-1 CE: Doubt and the Ancient Jews



What the Buddha Saw, 600 BCE-1 CE: Ancient Doubt in Asia



When in Rome in Doubt, 50 BCE-200 CE: Empire of Reason



Christian Doubt, Zen, Elisha, and Hypatia, 1-800 CE: Late-Classical Mix



Medieval Doubt Loops-the-Loop, 800-1400: Muslims to Jews to Christians



The Printing Press and the Age of Martyrs, 1400-1600: Renaissance and Inquisition



Sunspots and White House Doubters, 1600-1800: Revolutions in the Authority of Reason



Doubt's Bid for a Better World, 1800-1900: Freethinking in the Age of Science and Reform



Principles of Uncertainty, 1900-: The New Cosmopolitan


Conclusion: The Joy of Doubt: Ethics, Logic, Mood


Notes


Bibliography


Acknowledgments


Index